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Grab yourself a cup of coffee or two and browse the gorgeous Miniature Quilts for this week’s themed quilt contest. So many beautiful quilts to choose from. I know we’ll all have a difficult time picking just one favourite, so this week you can pick three favourites.

This week’s sponsor has donated two gift certificates, $20 for the first winner and $10 for the second to be used on FinishedSizeQuilting.com.

One vote per person (based on IP address NOT email address), so have your family and friends cast a ballot for their favourite quilt (from home if you send it to coworkers)

Winner announced Monday!

How to Vote:

Review the photos and stories below… there are several, so you’ll need to scroll down to see them all.

Underneath the photos, scroll down, you’ll see the names of all the quilts with a square button** beside each one. Select the buttons for the quilts you want to vote for. You can select up to three quilts this week.

Then scroll down, all the way, until you get to the bottom of the names of the quilts. Then press the vote button.

** Note: If you don’t see the square buttons to vote, but instead see the voting results, that means someone on your IP Address already voted, or that the voting period has ended, or that you need to refresh the page to see the voting options. Shared IP Addresses are very common in home or work networks.

I miniaturized ‘Circle of Life’ by Jacqueline deJongg (original is about 60×60). I love rainbows and color wheels and that is what this reminded me of. I replaced her lone star in the center with a spiral lone star (thank you, Jan Krentz. I loved doing the NYBs and checkerboard so small.

This was my very first paper pieced project.. I used all my little scraps of 30’s fabric. The little triangles are only 1 1/4 inches tall!! This hangs in my upstairs hallway and I love it..

Quilt size: width: 17" height: 20"

Blue FeathersBy: Diane Becka,
Washington, USA

The title, Blue Feathers, refers to the feathered star in the center of this medallion style miniature and to the quilting patterns created to fill all of the background spaces. The 2″ blocks surrounding the star were designed by cutting folded paper and then hand appliquéd.

It took me forever to make my own templates to create a miniature dresden plate pattern. This is an original.

Quilt size: width: 24" height: 24"

Fun with threadBy: Jessica Mirasol,
Virginia, USA

I made this quilt out of scrap materials and threads. It turned out to be the perfect size for my daughters’ American Girl dolls and now they carry it everywhere. The only problem is that I just made one!

This was for a challenge. We had some b&w scraps and were allowed one other fabric. The lime spiders on one of the b&w pieces reminded me of the Lime Spider soda drinks we had as children. I had some fabric with children on a lime background, so made a drink of children for a large Lime Spider.

This little quilt started as a guild challenge to use 2 fabrics. I pieced it using a Carol Doak miniature pattern. I enjoyed making it so much that I decided to add a few beads. 120 hours later I finally got off my magic carpet ride.

I love Japanese fabrics and couldn’t resist throwing away somw very tiny pieces which were left over from a much bigger quilt. As a result I made this miniature using foundation piecing and sashiko stitching.Hope you like it

I made landscapes by season using a lake scene. Originally large, I liked them so much I made them again in mini! Fused fabric, satin stitched, framed. You can see the other seasons on my blog.http://quilts-artfromtheheart.blogspot.comI really liked figuring out the colorway for Winter!

This little quilt, the pineapple patern, is paperpieced. It was showed on a mini-exhibition.

Quilt size: width: 7" height: 7"

Missing my DADBy: Crystal Zeman,
Illinois, USA

I had been home many times while my Dad was ill. I knew the next call would probably be last. I find minis relieves stress as I need to concentrate more. I finished this just hours before the call came. He told me he loved me and Mom said come now. I arrived an hour too late. Miss him greatly!

This is the quilt I made for QG’s Spring Blooms Mini Quilt Swap. This was so hard to give away, I loved it so much I bought another charm pack to make myself one. The pattern is Peppermint Twist out of Darlene Zimmerman’s ‘fat quarter small quilts’ book.

I love African fabrics. On our Trading Fabric Postcard Group we did decide to have a Miniature Quilt Swap. This is the one that I am making. Very colorful and I love the fabrics. You can go to www.tradingfabricpostcards.com/blog and www.welovequilting.com/blog and see a lot of beautiful miniatures

A quilt I made in 2007 for a contest.It has tyvec, wool, organza fishes beads and much more!

Quilt size: width: 11" height: 8"

Wading BirdBy: Barbara Wilson,
Florida, USA

I love painting with fabric and this is one of my “little” creations. I was inspired by a similar photo in a book about oil painting.I think the fabric I found for his belly worked very well. I am a member of the trading fabic post card group and was told about your site there. Thanks for looking,

I am always taking pictures of wild flowers. I came across this lonely water lily and snapped a picture. I enlarged the picture and made freezer paper templates and then hand appliqued it. It is one of my favorite quilts from a summer spent in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan.